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You’ve Come a Long Way, Silicon Valley

Katie looks back at how products geared to women shaped the technology industry.

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Space Monkey Peer-to-Peer Digital Storage System Offers Better Backup

A peer-to-peer backup system called Space Monkey is a less-costly alternative to many hard-drive and cloud solutions.

Oh, the Places Your Phone Will Find

Field Trip, made by a division of Google, sends you, by way of pop-up cards, short blurbs about unique, sometimes-hidden locations as you pass them.

Xbox One: Digital Home Base for the Living Room

Though the Xbox One is still geared toward gamers, it will appeal to a broader audience with its variety of apps and ways of watching TV.

An iPad That’s Mini in Screen Size Only

Apple’s new iPad mini has the same screen resolution and chip for faster processing as the iPad Air.

Baby, You Can Drive (Or Ride In) My Car

If you’re still driving your own car, you might need to get up to speed. Katie writes about the latest services that let you share a car or ride.

Media Device Stores and Shares Well With Others

SanDisk’s Connect Wireless Media Device may relieve some of your devices’ storage burden and could serve as a media-sharing godsend on a long car trip.

The Answer to “What Is My Password Again?”

Katie reviews PasswordBox, which stores online logins and automatically retrieves them at every visit to a website.

Device Nags You to Sit Up Straight

The LumoBack sensor straps around your lower waist to track your posture and vibrates whenever you slouch.

Moto X Stands Out in Sea of Phone Sameness

New $200 smartphone from Google-owned Motorola Mobility aims to use personalization of color and inscriptions as one of its key components.

Google’s New Nexus 7: The Budget Tablet to Beat

Small but mighty, the revamped device has an impressively sharp screen. But battery life disappoints.

How to Control a PC in Thin Air

Revamped Google Maps App Aims to Give Users More Content

Two Ways to Hit “Print” on a Mobile Device

At Work With Microsoft Office on an iPhone

Buy the Stroller Now or Wait for a Price Drop?

A Tablet Good for Living Room, Bag and Water

KatieCam: Jed York’s First Game (Video)

KatieCam: Fanhattan’s Gilles BianRosa on Growing Up in France (Video)

KatieCam: What’s On Nuance CEO Paul Ricci’s Bookshelf (Video)

KatieCam: Just How “Smart” Is SmartThings CEO Alex Hawkinson’s Home? (Video)

KatieCam: Atheer’s Soulaiman Itani and Allen Yang Talk About Sleep

KatieCam: Steven Sinofsky Does Yoga Every Day (Video)

KatieCam: Tesla’s Elon Musk on Being a Dad (Video)

KatieCam: Yves Behar and Jason Johnson on Teamwork (Video)

KatieCam: Motorola Mobility’s Dennis Woodside Loves Triathlons

You’ve Come a Long Way, Silicon Valley

December 17, 2013 at 3:47 pm PT

Oh, the Places Your Phone Will Find

December 03, 2013 at 3:14 pm PT

Xbox One: Digital Home Base for the Living Room

November 26, 2013 at 3:25 pm PT

An iPad That’s Mini in Screen Size Only

November 19, 2013 at 3:06 pm PT

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